Phenix /(?)/

Phe·nix

Phenix

n.

pl. Phenixes

  1. A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality. (Gr. Myth.)
  2. A southern constellation. (Astron.)
  3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.]
  4. A person or thing that suffered destruction or defeat and was restored to its former state.

Phrases & Compounds
to rise like a phoenix
to resume an endeavor after an apparently final defeat.